Police in Ono, Gifu Prefecture, on Monday arrested a 68-year-old man on suspicion of killing his 69-year-old wife and 36-year-old son at their home.
According to police, Hisaki Naito called 110 at around 9:20 a.m. and said he had killed his wife Kyoko, who was bedridden, and son Hiroki, who was a hikikomori (shut-in), Fuji TV reported.
Police rushed to the house and found the bodies in two rooms on the first floor of the two-story home. They were confirmed dead at the scene.
Naito was quoted by police as saying he had strangled them both with a necktie.
The Naitos also have a 33-year-old disabled daughter who was home at the time but she was unharmed, police said.
© Japan Today
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Belrick
Why not just leave the house and live elsewhere?
Chip Star
Tragic.
Aly Rustom
This is just both awful and sad on so many levels..
Strangerland
Innocent until proven guilty. He has not been proven guilty. Therefore, he is currently innocent. And as an innocent, it's a suspicion, not confirmed. Remember, false confessions are a real thing.
erbaviva
retired and wanting to relax only to find out he has to take care of his wife and useless son...prison is better
PTownsend
RIP to the victims. What a sad crime.
I doubt all hikikomoris fit the descriptions some seem to ascribe to them. Anyone who's spent time around someone who's along the autism spectrum would recognize those determined to be along the spectrum do not have the 'free will' to decide to shut themselves in. Just like you do not have the 'free will' to decide who you are. Somethings genetic cannot be overcome.
People in the categories below do not use their 'free will' to decide how to act.
It's worrying Japan and most other nations are doing so little to help families with neurodivergent members, especially when their numbers are increasing worldwide.
sensei258
while I don't agree with murdering people you're probably right
mikiko
I’m so sorry for him...I can’t explain but I somehow understand him
Chip Star
A person that shuts themselves in their room and refuses contact with others. Recluse or hermit may be more accurate, or help you get the gist.
Matt Hartwell
A bedridden wife, a shut in son and disabled daughter.
Probably getting no outside help either.
Its cruel as it sounds, cant say im surprised by the outcome.
Chico3
Hermit may be a better understanding word for this. It comes from years of withdrawal from society, mostly from school and family upbringing.
englisc aspyrgend
Whatever, he still could have walked out, better than mass slaughter.
Giveme_abreak
What is hikikomori? my google translate keeping saying "withdrawal" LOL
sir_bentley28
If he is already arrested and have a statement from him confessing to the crime, why is there still "suspicion"?
Do the hustle
Repeated scenario over and over again. Why did he kill his son as well? Another family mass-murder. Sad!